Improvement in window-cornices



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;

CHARLES LIPPE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN WlNDOW-CORNICES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 209,346, dated October29, 1878; application filed September 25, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES LIPPE, of the city, county, and State of NewYork, have invented certain novel and useful Improvements in AdjustableOornices for Windows and I hereby declare in what manner the same is toI be constructed, arranged, and operated, reference beinghad to theaccompanyiugdrawings, which are lettered to correspond with and form apart of the specification. v

To enable those skilled in the mechanic arts to construct, and thepublic to operate, the same, I will describe it as follows, to wit:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the back of the cornice A, in order toshow the arrangement of the adjusting screw-rod B, operating in thestationary nuts 1 and 2, which form a part of the plates 3 and 4.

O is an adjustable cap, operating by means of the clasps or hooks d dpassing over the top of the cornice A, and hooking into the groove 8 sat any suitable point. i

Fig. 2 is a front View or face of Fig. l.

The novelty of my invention consists of anadjustable cornice, A, with anadjustable cap, 0, to cover the opening 0', Fig. 1, said corniceoperating by means of ascrew-rod, B, and nuts 1 and 2, to extend orcontract the same to suit the different windows, by first sliding thecap 0 to either side of the opening 0, so that the screw-rod B may berotated to adjust the cornice A to any desired width.

What I claim as novel and useful, and wish to protect by Letters Patentof the United States, is-- An adjustable cornice, A, with an adjustablecap, 0, provided with any suitable clasps or hooks, d d, said cornicebeing adjusted by means of the screw-rod B and nuts 1 and 2, allarranged and operating in the manner and for the purpose set forth. 1

In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name in the presence of twowitnesses.

CHARLES LIPPE.

Witnesses:

- JAMES P. MOLEAN,

Chris. H. BOYD.

